Patient Education Information

Digestive Diseases Dictionary and Your Digestive System and How it Works - The National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse has created these documents.

What are Hemorrhoids? - The Methodist HealthCare Center has prepared this information.

Fiber: How to Increase the Amount in Your Diet - FamilyDoctor.org offers this advice.

Hemorrhoids - This fact sheet is from InteliHealth, a joint project of Aetna and the Harvard Medical School.

Hemorrhoids - The McKinley Health Center has created this fact sheet.

Hemorrhoids and Pregnancy - The March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation provides this information.

MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia - The Health Illustrated Encyclopedia from MedlinePlus includes over 4,000 articles about diseases, tests, symptoms, injuries, and surgeries. It also contains an extensive library of medical photographs and illustrations. Please check the alphabetic listing for the topic you want.